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User Manual Mellotron V - WELCOME to the MELLOTRON the Company Was Called Mellotronics, and the First Product, the Mellotron Mark 1, Appeared in 1963 USER MANUAL Special Thanks DIRECTION Frédéric BRUN Kévin MOLCARD DEVELOPMENT Pierre-Lin LANEYRIE Benjamin RENARD Marie PAULI Samuel LIMIER Baptiste AUBRY Corentin COMTE Mathieu NOCENTI Simon CONAN Geoffrey GORMOND Florian MARIN Matthieu COUROUBLE Timothée BÉHÉTY Arnaud BARBIER Germain MARZIN Maxime AUDFRAY Yann BURRER Adrien BARDET Kevin ARCAS Pierre PFISTER Alexandre ADAM Loris DE MARCO Raynald DANTIGNY DESIGN Baptiste LE GOFF Morgan PERRIER Shaun ELLWOOD Jonas SELLAMI SOUND DESIGN Victor MORELLO Boele GERKES Ed Ten EYCK Paul SCHILLING SPECIAL THANKS Terry MARDSEN Ben EGGEHORN Jay JANSSEN Paolo NEGRI Andrew CAPON Boele GERKES Jeffrey CECIL Peter TOMLINSON Fernando Manuel Chuck CAPSIS Jose Gerardo RENDON Richard COURTEL RODRIGUES Hans HOLEMA SANTANA JK SWOPES Marco CORREIA Greg COLE Luca LEFÈVRE Dwight DAVIES Gustavo BRAVETTI Ken Flux PIERCE George WARE Tony Flying SQUIRREL Matt PIKE Marc GIJSMAN Mat JONES Ernesto ROMEO Adrien KANTER Jason CHENEVAS-PAULE Neil HESTER MANUAL Fernando M RODRIGUES Vincent LE HEN (editor) Jose RENDON (Author) Minoru KOIKE Holger STEINBRINK Stephan VANKOV Charlotte METAIS Jack VAN © ARTURIA SA – 2019 – All rights reserved. 11 Chemin de la Dhuy 38240 Meylan FRANCE www.arturia.com Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any purpose other than purchaser’s personal use, without the express written permission of ARTURIA S.A. All other products, logos or company names quoted in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Product version: 1.0 Revision date: 17 May 2019 Thank you for purchasing Arturia's Mellotron V! This manual covers the features and operation of the Mellotron V. Be sure to register your software as soon as possible! When you purchased Mellotron V you were sent a serial number and an unlock code by e-mail. These are required during the on- line registration process. Special Messages Specifications Subject to Change: The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Arturia reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications or features without notice or obligation. IMPORTANT: The software, when used in combination with an amplifier, headphones or speakers, may be able to produce sound levels that could cause permanent hearing loss. DO NOT operate for long periods of time at a high level or at a level that is uncomfortable. If you encounter any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, you should consult an audiologist. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Arturia's Mellotron V Since the late 1990s, Arturia has received acclaim from players and reviewers alike for designing state-of-the art software emulations of the venerable analog synthesizers from the 1960s to the 1980s. From the Modular V, back in 2004, to Origin, a modular system that was introduced in 2010, to the Matrix 12 V (2015), the Synclavier V (2016), and most recently the CMI V, the DX7 V and, last but not the least, Pigments, our first original software synthesizer, Arturia's passion for synthesizers and sonic purity has given demanding musicians the best software instruments for professional audio production. With the launching of a new version of the V (Vintage) Collection, Arturia consolidates its position as a leader in the field of modeled vintage instruments software. The ARTURIA Mellotron V is one of the three new instrument emulations included in the current version of our acclaimed bundle, and benefits from fifteen years of experience in recreating the most iconic tools of the past. ARTURIA has a passion for excellence and accuracy. This led us to conduct an extensive analysis of every aspect of one of the most famous and iconic keyboard instruments of the sixties and seventies, one which definitely marked and helped to define the sound of progressive rock, and is commonly regarded as the ancestor of the modern samplers, carefully reproducing the behavior of its electrical circuits and tape modeling. Not only have we faithfully modeled the sound and behavior of this unique musical instrument, we have added many features that were unimaginable in the days that unit first launched. Mellotron V runs as a stand-alone virtual instrument, as well as a plug-in in all major formats inside your DAW. It has easy MIDI learn functionality for hands-on control of most parameters, and as a plug-in also allows parameter automation for greater creative control. DISCLAIMER: All manufacturer and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Arturia. The trademarks of other manufacturers eventually mentioned were used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose features and sound were studied during Mellotron V development. All names of equipment inventors and manufacturers have been included for illustrative and educational purposes only and do not suggest any affiliation or endorsement of Mellotron V by any equipment inventor or manufacturer. The Arturia team Table Of Contents 1. WELCOME TO THE MELLOTRON......................................................................................................................... 3 1.1. What is the Mellotron?........................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.2. Some historical facts........................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.1. Whos' who of Mellotron users .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.3. Does a Mellotron make sense in this day and age?...................................................................................... 5 1.4. Arturia's secret ingredient: TAE®.................................................................................................................................. 7 1.5. Arturia's Mellotron V............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2. ACTIVATION AND FIRST START.......................................................................................................................... 9 2.1. System Requirements........................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2. Activate the Arturia Mellotron V license................................................................................................................. 9 2.2.1. The Arturia Software Center (ASC)................................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.3. Initial Setup ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3.1. Audio and MIDI Settings: Windows.............................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3.2. Audio and MIDI Settings: MacOS ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.3. Mellotron V as a plug-in........................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 3. MELLOTRON V OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1. What can we do with Mellotron V?......................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.1. The original Mellotron limitations ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.2. The Mellotron V main features.......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Getting hands-on with the Mellotron V ................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.1. Basics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.2. Using the "tapes" ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 3.2.3. Using your own sounds........................................................................................................................................................................................
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